Klenk Surname
Approximately 8,507 people bear this surname
Klenk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,856 | 1:13,748 | 1,790 |
| United States | 1,775 | 1:204,202 | 20,047 |
| Canada | 173 | 1:212,980 | 20,593 |
| Brazil | 153 | 1:1,399,179 | 47,255 |
| Hungary | 140 | 1:70,116 | 7,171 |
| Poland | 116 | 1:327,662 | 37,999 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Switzerland | 51 | 1:161,038 | 15,036 |
| Austria | 49 | 1:173,784 | 22,520 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 152 | 1:330,386 | 25,648 |
The alternate forms: Kleńk (8) are calculated separately.
Klenk Demographics
Average Klenk Salary in
United States
$50,554 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Klenk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Klenk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Klenk (Russian: Кленк) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found as a variant: Kleńk. Click here for other potential spellings of Klenk.
How Common Is The Last Name Klenk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Klenk is the 59,341st most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 856,653 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Klenk live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 5,856 people, or 1 in 13,748. In Germany Klenk is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 71 percent live, Bavaria, where 11 percent live and Hesse, where 6 percent live. Besides Germany Klenk is found in 29 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Klenk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Klenk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Klenk last name expanded 1,168 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 5,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Klenk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Klenk last name are 13.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.64% being registered with the political party.
The amount Klenk earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 17.16% more than the national average, earning $50,554 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.76% less than the national average, earning $45,828 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Klenk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Klenk in the Russian language | ||
| Кленк | klenk | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Klenk
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